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(to
OCTAVIA) There will be times when my duties
and responsibilities take me away from you.

OCTAVIA

All which
time

Before the gods my knee shall bow my prayers

To them for you.

OCTAVIA

And I will spend our time apart on my knees, praying for you.

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ANTONY

(to
CAESAR) Good night, sir.—My
Octavia,

Read not my blemishes in the world’s report.

I have not kept my square, but that to come

Shall all be done by th’ rule. Good night, dear lady.

(to
CAESAR) Good night, sir.

ANTONY

(to
CAESAR) Good night, sir. My Octavia, don’t
believe everything you hear about me. I haven’t always lived a
conventional life, but the future will be by the book. Good night,
dear lady. (to
CAESAR) Good night, sir.

I see it in my motion, have it not in my tongue.
But yet
hie you to Egypt again.

FORTUNETELLER

It’s a feeling, but nothing I can put into words. But you had
better get back to Egypt again.

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ANTONY

Say to me whose fortunes shall rise higher,

Caesar’s or mine?

ANTONY

Tell me who shall have the better luck, Caesar or me?

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SOOTHSAYER

Caesar’s.

Therefore, O Antony, stay not by his side.

Thy dæmon—that thy spirit which keeps thee—is

Noble, courageous, high, unmatchable

Where Caesar’s is not. But near him thy angel

Becomes afeard, as being o’erpowered. Therefore

Make space enough between you.

FORTUNETELLER

Caesar. So you’d better not stay with him, Antony. Your guardian
angel is noble, courageous, significant, and unmatched when Caesar’s
not around. But when you are with him, your angel is weakened and
easily frightened. That’s why there must be space between you.